Jason Brooks (born February 23, 1969, in

London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester ...

England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...

) is an artist, illustrator and author. He grew up in

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on the south coast of

. Brooks is known for his design of the Hedkandi compilations. Brooks studied

graphic design Graphic design is a profession, academic discipline and applied art that involves creating visual communications intended to transmit specific messages to social groups, with specific objectives. Graphic design is an interdisciplinary branch of ...

Central Saint Martins Central Saint Martins is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London, a public art university in London, England. The college offers full-time courses at foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and a variety of short ...

college,

, and went on to take a master's degree in illustration at the

Royal College of Art The Royal College of Art (RCA) is a public university, public research university in London, United Kingdom, with campuses in South Kensington, Battersea and White City, London, White City. It is the only entirely postgraduate art and design uni ...

. While at college he won the Vogue Sotheby's Cecil Beaton Award for Fashion Illustration. In the 2010s, Brooks authored and illustrated ''Paris Sketchbook'' (2012), ''London Sketchbook'' (2014), and ''New York Sketchbook'' (2017), a series of urban sketch books published by Laurence King, London. ''London Sketchbook'' received the V&A Museum Book Illustration Award in 2016.

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Official siteJason Brooks images at the Folio illustration agency
{{DEFAULTSORT:Brooks, Jason English illustrators Alumni of the Royal College of Art Alumni of Central Saint Martins Living people 1969 births